Wall construction for wooden buildings



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sraras ELELVEN L. COSEE, 0F DENVER, COLORADO, ASSEGNO@ T0 MGEEE AWMGGIENNETS? CUMPANY, 0F DENVER, COLORADO', A CORPORATION F NEVADA..

WALL CONSTRUCTEON EUR WOIDM BUELDING.

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To all lwhom t may concern.:

Be it known that lt, MELVIN L. COOPER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State '5 of Colorado,have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Wall Constructionsfor Wooden Buildings, of which the following is a specification.

AMy invention relates to a wall construc- Jla tion for wooden buildings,and its main object is to provide a` water and airtight sidingadaptedfor use in the construction of cottages, dwellings and other buildings,which closely 'simulates the exterior appear- Re ance of the wall of alog cabin.

With this and other objects in view, my invention consists in forminga-wall'of wood sections which adjoin each other in horizontal lines, andwhich are'exte'riorly shaped 2e in conformity with the exposed portionsoflogs placed one upon another as in the c0nstruction of rough loghouses. p

The sections are connected by l-ap joints y which are preferablyproportioned tov prote vide narrow spaces. between the rounded surfacesof the sections which simulate the logs, and these spaces may be lledwith cement or otherplastic material to render the joints air and watertight and to still further impart to the structure the appearance of alog wall construction in which the spaces between the logs are "usuallyfilled with adobe or other mixed earth or clay..

An embodiment of my invention has been illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing in which like characters of reference designate correspondingparts throughout the .various views and in which- Figure l represents aface View of a portion of a wall constructed in accordance with myinvention; -1

Figure 2, a section on the line 2 2, l? igur'e 1; and i Figure 3', aperspective view of a portion of one of the members of which the wall iscomposed. I'

Referring morein detail to the drawings, the reference numerals 5.designate the members or sections of which the wall is composed andwhich are conjointly fastened to upright timbers 6 or other suitablesupports by means of nails. 7.

Each section consists of a board of planoconvex section having at oneedge a tongue 1923. Serial No. 636,42?,

8 and at .its opposite edge a recess 9 of corresponding width. y

' The rounded portion of the board is offset' from the outer surface ofthe tongue and the corresponding surface of the recess by inwardlybeveled shoulders 12,k and its curvatureas at' l0, is similar to thatthe exteriorly exposed portion of a log in the wall of a log cabin.

The tongues and the groovesof the sections are preferably proportionedso that when tted together they produce spaces between the roundedportions ofthe sections, which-owing to theopposed position of thebeveled shoulders ofadjoining sections, provide pockets of dove-tailshape to receive the fillersof cement or other plastic material which inthe drawing are designated by the reference numeral 13.

The tongues lof the sectionsare formed in the plane of the fiat surfacesof the same, and the recesses are cut in the same surfaces at theoppositeledges of the sectionsso that when the sections are assembled,they present on the interior of the wall, a dat and unbroken surface, asshown in Figure 2 of the e@ drawings. v

It will be seen that the fillers are firmly anchored in the dove-tailspaces between the sections of the wall and thereby'heldpermanentlyagainst displacement by breakage, shrinkage or other causes. They serveto make the lap-joints between the sections impervious to air andmoisture, and theypcooperate with the rounded surfaces of the' boards toimpart to the wall an appearance fclosely simulating that of the loghouses built by pioneers and others in the wooded sections of thiscountry.v v

Having thus described my invention, what l claim and desire to securebyLetters Patent is:

1. A. wall for wooden buildings com rising a siding composed oflengthwise ad]oin ing sections each having exteriorly of the f wall, atransversely curved portion simulating the exposed'part 'of a log in thewall .of a log house, the curved portions of the sections beingbevel-edged and spaced apart to provide pockets of dove-tail section,and fillers of plastic material in said pockets..

2. As a new article of manufacture,'a sid. l ing member of a sectionalwall for wooden buildings, consistingof a board having a mit itransversely curved portion, a tongue along an edge thereof and a recessof correspond- J ing depth along the opposite edge of the same, theportion having shoulders Whichoset its curved surface from the outerface of the tongue and from the corresponding face of the recess.

3. As a 'new article of' manufacture, a

siding melnber of`a sectional "-iwall for Woodshoul ers which oset itscurved surface naeaeee from the outer face of the tongue and from thecorresponding'face of the recess.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a sidingmember of a sectional Wallfor Wooden buildings, consisting of a board having a transversely curvedportion', a tongue-along anedge thereof and a recess of correspond ingdepth along the .opposite edge of the same, the portion having inwardlybeveled shoulders which oset its curved surface from the outer face ofthe tongue and from the corresponding face of the recess.V

ln testimony whereof l have affixed my signature.

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